{"id":39141,"date":"2022-06-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omio.com\/window-seat\/?p=39141"},"modified":"2022-06-23T13:13:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T13:13:10","slug":"top-things-to-do-in-marseille-by-locals-omio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omio.com\/window-seat\/countries\/france\/top-things-to-do-in-marseille-by-locals-omio\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to Do in Marseille"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dreamt up by ancient Phoenicians and dismissed as French black sheep for decades, the colorful port city of Marseille<\/a> in France\u2019s south is a blistering hot place to be these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a dynamo cultural scene, brilliant new museums and a diverse but dynamic gastronomy that venerates the Mediterranean sun and the sea, Marseille can do almost no wrong these days. This is France\u2019s third-largest city after Paris and Lyon, and the country\u2019s traditional \u201cugly duckling\u201d has blossomed since 2013 when it bagged the honor of European City of Culture. Fast-forward to the 2024 Summer Olympics in the French capital when fashionably edgy, too-cool-for-school Marseille will host the prestigious sailing events and you\u2019re in for a good time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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La Cit\u00e9 Radieuse is a futuristic icon in the historic French city. Credit: La Cit\u00e9 Radieuse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Visionary art and architecture usurped the city\u2019s charismatic soul in the 1950s with Le Corbusier\u2019s La Cit\u00e9 Radieuse, a futuristic but eminently functional apartment block building that is a design icon today. In any other city, rambling around open-air art on the rooftop of Le MAMO or snorkeling between seabed sculptures at the underwater Mus\u00e9e Subaquatique would be considered eclectic. Not in Marseille.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Check out our favorite things to see and do in Marseille<\/a> and get ready for a French adventure in the gateway to Provence.<\/p>\n\n\n

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